We recently heard from a friend about the Pollsmoor Prison restaurant called Idlanathi (We eat together) which is staffed by prisoners. Pollsmoor was even home to Mandela for a while. We had never been to a prison before. We had also heard about Pollsmoor and its overcrowding a few times on the news that week. Everyone in my family was interested.

We had hardly made the decision, when I overheard my son telling his friends that we will be going to Pollsmoor as we have decided to do “Interesting Things” this year. (True. Fig-picking and virtual reality gaming are next on the list.) Such enthusiasm for family outings.

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